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US 7,000,257 B2Granted
Glove with stitchless seams
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorJoseph J. Bevier
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Abstract
A structure of a glove is disclosed that includes a first material element and a second material element. The material elements are separate from each other and positioned adjacent each other, and the material elements are joined with a stitchless configuration, that may be a stitchless seam. An adhesive element may be secured to each of the first material element and the second material element to form the stitchless configuration. The adhesive element may be a polymer, and more particularly, may be a thermoplastic polymer.
Claims18
A glove for covering at least a portion of a hand, the glove comprising:
- a first material element defining a first edge;
- a second material element defining a second edge, the second material element being separate from the first mal element;
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- at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element bonded to each of the first material element and the second material element to join the first material element and the second material element in a stitchless configuration,
- the first edge being positioned to contact the second edge to form an abutting and non-overlapping interface between the first material element and the second material element, each of the first material element, the second material element, and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being two-dimensional materials.
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A glove for covering at least a portion of a hand, the glove comprising:
- a first material element having a first edge;
- a second material element having a second edge, the second material element being separate from the first material element, the first edge being positioned adjacent the second edge to form an abutting and non-overlapping interface between the first material element and the second material element;
- at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element extending over the abutting interface, the at least one plastic polymer adhesive element being bonded to the first material element adjacent the first edge and bonded to the send material element adjacent the second edge;
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- a third material element bonded to the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element and extending over the abutting interface,
- the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element and the third material element forming a stitchless seam for joining the first material element and the second material element, and each of the first material element, the second material element, the third material element, and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being two-dimensional materials.
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A glove for covering at least a portion of a hand, the glove comprising:
- a first material element forming at least a portion of a palmar region of the glove;
- a second material element separate from the first material element and overlapping the first material element to form a first area in the palmar region where the first material element is exposed and a second area in the palmar region where the second material element is exposed;
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- a thermoplastic polymer adhesive element extending between the first material element and the second material element, the thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being bonded to the first material element and the second material element to join the first material element and the second material element in a stitchless configuration,
- each of the first material element, the second material element, and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being two-dimensional materials, and only the second material element including a silicone coating.
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A method of manufacturing a glove for covering at least a portion of a hand, the method comprising steps of:
- positioning a first material element in an about and non-overlapping relationship with a second material element by placing an edge of the first material element in contact with an edge of the second material element, the first material element and the second material element being two-dimensional materials;
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- forming a stitchless seam between the first material element and the second material element by bonding the first material element and the second material element together with at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element, the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being a two-dimensional material.
A glove for covering at least a portion of a hand, the glove comprising:
- a first material element having a first edge;
- a second material element having a second edge, the second material element being separate from the first material element, the first edge being positioned adjacent the second edge to form an abutting interface between the first material element and the second material element;
- at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element extending over the abutting interface, the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being bonded to the first material element adjacent the first edge and bonded to the second material element adjacent the second edge;
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- a third material element bonded to the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element and extending over the abutting interface,
- the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element and the third material element forming a stitchless seam for joining the first material element and the second material element, and each of the first material element, the second material element, the third material element, and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being two-dimensional materials, and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being a pair of adhesive elements, one of the pair of adhesive elements having a shape that corresponds with a shape of the third material element.
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A glove for covering at least a portion of a hand, the glove comprising;
- a first material element having a first edge;
- a second material element having a second edge, the second material element being separate from the first material element, the first edge being positioned adjacent the second edge to form an abutting interface between the first material element and the second material element;
- at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element extending over the abutting interface, the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being bonded to the first material element adjacent the first edge and bonded to the second material element adjacent the second edge;
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- a third material element bonded to the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element and extending over the abutting interface,
- the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element and the third material element forming a stitchless seam for joining the first material element and the second material element, and each of the first material element, the second material element, the third material element, and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element being two-dimensional materials, and a first aperture being defined through the first material element and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element, and a second aperture being defined through the second material element and the at least one thermoplastic polymer adhesive element, the third material element being exposed through each of the first aperture and the second aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.